does anyone else feel healthier on the GD diet?!? What do you miss eating?

My hubby says i look "smaller"....i've lost about 5-6 lbs in two weeks on the diet....just had my MFM appt today and the doc didn't even come in to see me after the ultra-sound, said everything looks great, and not to come back for 8 weeks!!!! Anyway, I've been feeling better on the diet, sleeping better, my sciatica has gone away....i mean, i still want to devour a carrot cake with walnuts and cream cheese icing, don't get me wrong...i freaking HATE this diet, but, at least i am feeling healthier and more energetic....anyone else? Also, what do you miss eating?1. pizza2. pasta with creamy yummy sauces3. desserts - carrot cake, pillsbury cinnamon buns, anything doughy and sugary! (which i don't eat a lot of when i'm not pregnant...so i'm really at a loss here)

My hubby says i look "smaller"....i've lost about 5-6 lbs in two weeks on the diet....just had my MFM appt today and the doc didn't even come in to see me after the ultra-sound, said everything looks great, and not to come back for 8 weeks!!!! Anyway, I've been feeling better on the diet, sleeping better, my sciatica has gone away....i mean, i still want to devour a carrot cake with walnuts and cream cheese icing, don't get me wrong...i freaking HATE this diet, but, at least i am feeling healthier and more energetic....anyone else? Also, what do you miss eating?1. pizza2. pasta with creamy yummy sauces3. desserts - carrot cake, pillsbury cinnamon buns, anything doughy and sugary! (which i don't eat a lot of when i'm not pregnant...so i'm really at a loss here)

Ohhhh....now I want carrot cake. I mean, I WANT it! It's my favorite. :). But due to the severity of my eczema, I'm trying to eliminate dairy and gluten to see if it helps any. Lemme tell ya, it's hard! For crying out our, it seems like anything worth eating has either dairy or gluten in it, lol!!

Ohhhh....now I want carrot cake. I mean, I WANT it! It's my favorite. :). But due to the severity of my eczema, I'm trying to eliminate dairy and gluten to see if it helps any. Lemme tell ya, it's hard! For crying out our, it seems like anything worth eating has either dairy or gluten in it, lol!!

good luck with that....I call the GD diet the Meat and Cheese diet, because that's about all you can eat that has low or zero carbs in it....NIGHTMARE!!! especially when i have been having meat aversions....i've found that i can have a fajita with refried beans at mexican resturants thought, with all the fixin's just don't eat the rice or tortillas...it's SUPER filling and within carb range, even if i have a few chips and salsa before hand! I crave it all the time now!!!!

good luck with that....I call the GD diet the Meat and Cheese diet, because that's about all you can eat that has low or zero carbs in it....NIGHTMARE!!! especially when i have been having meat aversions....i've found that i can have a fajita with refried beans at mexican resturants thought, with all the fixin's just don't eat the rice or tortillas...it's SUPER filling and within carb range, even if i have a few chips and salsa before hand! I crave it all the time now!!!!

Swedish Fish. I just want to dig into a big bag of them. I was tempted to get a really little bag at the checkout yesterday, until I looked at the carb count. Um, I'd be able to have like 3 for my whole snack. There's no way I'd have been able to stop at 3, so I passed! I did find Peanut Butter Snickers, though... It comes in two squares instead of 1 whole bar. Each square is PERFECT for my snack - I was so excited! 15g carbs + the protein of the peanuts... and delicious yumminess :)

Swedish Fish. I just want to dig into a big bag of them. I was tempted to get a really little bag at the checkout yesterday, until I looked at the carb count. Um, I'd be able to have like 3 for my whole snack. There's no way I'd have been able to stop at 3, so I passed! I did find Peanut Butter Snickers, though... It comes in two squares instead of 1 whole bar. Each square is PERFECT for my snack - I was so excited! 15g carbs + the protein of the peanuts... and delicious yumminess :)

Overall, the idea is to limit (but not eliminate) carbs and balance with protein. Each person's diet will vary somewhat, but they're pretty similar. For me, my carb allowances are... 30-45g for breakfast, 15g snack, 45-60g for lunch, 15g snack, 45-60g dinner, 15g snack. And like I said, it's very important to balance with protein to help your body metabolize your food at a more even pace to avoid extreme highs and lows.

Overall, the idea is to limit (but not eliminate) carbs and balance with protein. Each person's diet will vary somewhat, but they're pretty similar. For me, my carb allowances are... 30-45g for breakfast, 15g snack, 45-60g for lunch, 15g snack, 45-60g dinner, 15g snack. And like I said, it's very important to balance with protein to help your body metabolize your food at a more even pace to avoid extreme highs and lows.

I like to call this the Meat and Cheese diet...because you can eat practilly as much of those things as you want, with-in moderation, of course.....add a veg, and you're set....my fav combo of this is at a mexican restaurant...order meat fajita (my fav is seafood) and eat everything they bring except the rice and tortillas....it's SUPER filling and very low in carbs!

15-30 carbs for breakfastI either eat an english muffin with crunchy peanut butter or one cup of multigrain cherrios with 1/2 cup milk. every morning, no slacking...sometimes on the weekends i have an english muffin with egg, cheese and turkey sausage....if i'm feeling up to cooking.

50-65 carbs - lunchthis week I made 4 pre measured containers of 3/4 cup cooked whole grain pasta, 1/2 cup maranara sauce, with 4 meat balls cut in half in each container. i can add cheese to this if i wish. this is about 60 carbs....give or take, depending how many meat balls you put in...

15-30 carbs - mid day snacksame as snack above...sometimes i skip it of i'm still full from lunch (but not supposed to) sometimes i just have a cheese snack....string cheese or something

50-65 carbs - dinneri usually have a large helping of meat (chicken, burger (no bun), steak, sausage, etc) and fill the rest of my plate up with veggies...sometimes i'll have some brown rice, or whole grain pasta, or a few slices of whole wheat toast to get enough carbs in.

15-30 carbs - late night snacki usually skip this, however, i sometimes get a cake cone and JUST fill it with cookies and cream ice cream, and that's 30carbs total....it's nice and sweet, and give me the sugary taste i crave.

hope this helps!!! it's hard to stick with it, however, gets easier after you get the carbs and sugar out of your systemI'm still feeling great.....walking a 5K tomorrow!!!Good Luck!

I like to call this the Meat and Cheese diet...because you can eat practilly as much of those things as you want, with-in moderation, of course.....add a veg, and you're set....my fav combo of this is at a mexican restaurant...order meat fajita (my fav is seafood) and eat everything they bring except the rice and tortillas....it's SUPER filling and very low in carbs!

15-30 carbs for breakfastI either eat an english muffin with crunchy peanut butter or one cup of multigrain cherrios with 1/2 cup milk. every morning, no slacking...sometimes on the weekends i have an english muffin with egg, cheese and turkey sausage....if i'm feeling up to cooking.

50-65 carbs - lunchthis week I made 4 pre measured containers of 3/4 cup cooked whole grain pasta, 1/2 cup maranara sauce, with 4 meat balls cut in half in each container. i can add cheese to this if i wish. this is about 60 carbs....give or take, depending how many meat balls you put in...

15-30 carbs - mid day snacksame as snack above...sometimes i skip it of i'm still full from lunch (but not supposed to) sometimes i just have a cheese snack....string cheese or something

50-65 carbs - dinneri usually have a large helping of meat (chicken, burger (no bun), steak, sausage, etc) and fill the rest of my plate up with veggies...sometimes i'll have some brown rice, or whole grain pasta, or a few slices of whole wheat toast to get enough carbs in.

15-30 carbs - late night snacki usually skip this, however, i sometimes get a cake cone and JUST fill it with cookies and cream ice cream, and that's 30carbs total....it's nice and sweet, and give me the sugary taste i crave.

hope this helps!!! it's hard to stick with it, however, gets easier after you get the carbs and sugar out of your systemI'm still feeling great.....walking a 5K tomorrow!!!Good Luck!

yea, it's not completely nocking out all carbs and sugars, just most....you can eat fruit, it's just higher in sugar than veggies....I had a pudding cup with my lunch the other day which was with-in carb range, however, the sugar in it made my blood sugar high, so, you have to adjust that if you are watching your sugars...like i said...meat, cheese, and veggies...that's about it, throw in a half cup of brown rice to some veggies and you're pretty much set....it's not hard, just hard to adjust to when you were eating delicious desserts and sweets and pastas and those kinds of yum yums.....they are a definate no no, not even in moderation, really....which really SUCKS! but, overall, i feel great on the diet....lost weight, almost down to my pre-pregnancy weight! (i was slightly over weight to begin with...so, the doc is not worried) My hubby even comments on how "slender" i look...even though i feel like a wallrus.

yea, it's not completely nocking out all carbs and sugars, just most....you can eat fruit, it's just higher in sugar than veggies....I had a pudding cup with my lunch the other day which was with-in carb range, however, the sugar in it made my blood sugar high, so, you have to adjust that if you are watching your sugars...like i said...meat, cheese, and veggies...that's about it, throw in a half cup of brown rice to some veggies and you're pretty much set....it's not hard, just hard to adjust to when you were eating delicious desserts and sweets and pastas and those kinds of yum yums.....they are a definate no no, not even in moderation, really....which really SUCKS! but, overall, i feel great on the diet....lost weight, almost down to my pre-pregnancy weight! (i was slightly over weight to begin with...so, the doc is not worried) My hubby even comments on how "slender" i look...even though i feel like a wallrus.

How come you don't have to go back to doc for 8 weeks? I started appts every 2 weeks around 28 weeks just normally and with the GD I am seeing doc every week to be safe. You really won't see your doc for 8 weeks?

Aside from that lol, I miss the same things as others have posted, sweets, cakes, breads, donuts, regular ice cream. Never was a huge sweets person before, but now that I can't have it..... it's all I want. I have lost a couple pounds since starting diet - have only gained 8 lbs overall this whole pregnancy - am 33 weeks. So I suppose I won't complain too much :)

I don't necessarily think this is the best diet to follow post pregnancy to get back into shape - there isn't really any calorie counting involved and you can load up on meats and cheeses like everyone said - it's a good platform to base healthy eating off of, but would need adjustments. It's not necessarily designed for weight loss - but rather to keep blood sugar levels under control.

How come you don't have to go back to doc for 8 weeks? I started appts every 2 weeks around 28 weeks just normally and with the GD I am seeing doc every week to be safe. You really won't see your doc for 8 weeks?

Aside from that lol, I miss the same things as others have posted, sweets, cakes, breads, donuts, regular ice cream. Never was a huge sweets person before, but now that I can't have it..... it's all I want. I have lost a couple pounds since starting diet - have only gained 8 lbs overall this whole pregnancy - am 33 weeks. So I suppose I won't complain too much :)

I don't necessarily think this is the best diet to follow post pregnancy to get back into shape - there isn't really any calorie counting involved and you can load up on meats and cheeses like everyone said - it's a good platform to base healthy eating off of, but would need adjustments. It's not necessarily designed for weight loss - but rather to keep blood sugar levels under control.

(Haven't seen the doc to get the diet yet, just found out yesterday about the GD diagnosis)

Someone made a comment about dairy... please don't tell me drinking milk is off the menu now! I don't think I could bear it! (Tums are nice and all, but don't provide the same degree of heartburn relief as quickly as milk does!)

Oh God, I am so screwed.

(Haven't seen the doc to get the diet yet, just found out yesterday about the GD diagnosis)

Someone made a comment about dairy... please don't tell me drinking milk is off the menu now! I don't think I could bear it! (Tums are nice and all, but don't provide the same degree of heartburn relief as quickly as milk does!)

Chilli has been my top choice for lunch with a salad or something, a mild chilli is great for bs levels because its loaded with protein. its one of the many things I crave. I am thinking of making a huge thing of chili tommorrow and feezing it for lunches and stuff. also 1 cup of cooked pasta with a ton of homemade meat sauce (I load meat and veggies in my sauce to balance out the pasta and its actually really filling)

I'm a chocoholic and I find a small piece of dark chocolate with peanut butter helps kick that craving in the butt (my dietician reccommended it to me)

for bedtime snack I will probably have a bowl of cereal with 1/4 cup of peanuts and I will be set to go until morning.

I am also on insulin though so I really have to watch my bs levels to make sure they don't dip too low.

oddly enough I haven't lost or gained any weight in like 3 weeks, I have been sitting at the same weight, but no one is too concerned about it, they are more concerned about me measuring 3 weeks ahead and I have been told that its unlikely I will go to 40 weeks because of that, also because I have a small torso so baby is already running out of room and causing problems.

Chilli has been my top choice for lunch with a salad or something, a mild chilli is great for bs levels because its loaded with protein. its one of the many things I crave. I am thinking of making a huge thing of chili tommorrow and feezing it for lunches and stuff. also 1 cup of cooked pasta with a ton of homemade meat sauce (I load meat and veggies in my sauce to balance out the pasta and its actually really filling)

I'm a chocoholic and I find a small piece of dark chocolate with peanut butter helps kick that craving in the butt (my dietician reccommended it to me)

for bedtime snack I will probably have a bowl of cereal with 1/4 cup of peanuts and I will be set to go until morning.

I am also on insulin though so I really have to watch my bs levels to make sure they don't dip too low.

oddly enough I haven't lost or gained any weight in like 3 weeks, I have been sitting at the same weight, but no one is too concerned about it, they are more concerned about me measuring 3 weeks ahead and I have been told that its unlikely I will go to 40 weeks because of that, also because I have a small torso so baby is already running out of room and causing problems.

Milk not off limits, but 8 oz is considered 1 carb choice. Typically you will be allowed 4-5 carb choices per meal and 2 carb choices per snack. And my dietician recommended milk be one of those carb choices in every snack (3) and at least one meal to make sure you are getting enough milk. It's probably a smaller amount than you are used to if you drink a lot. 8 oz seems pretty tiny lol. You could double up and count it as two carb choices for each snack and add in a protein though. Dietician will give you your exact amounts tho, but these seem pretty general for a lot of woman from what I've read. You will find after checking BS that you personally will need to adjust to stay in limits - I generally only do 1 carb choice for snacks and 2-3 for meals, but just depends what it is.

Milk not off limits, but 8 oz is considered 1 carb choice. Typically you will be allowed 4-5 carb choices per meal and 2 carb choices per snack. And my dietician recommended milk be one of those carb choices in every snack (3) and at least one meal to make sure you are getting enough milk. It's probably a smaller amount than you are used to if you drink a lot. 8 oz seems pretty tiny lol. You could double up and count it as two carb choices for each snack and add in a protein though. Dietician will give you your exact amounts tho, but these seem pretty general for a lot of woman from what I've read. You will find after checking BS that you personally will need to adjust to stay in limits - I generally only do 1 carb choice for snacks and 2-3 for meals, but just depends what it is.

I just had a lunch I totally shouldn't have had - pasta (last hurrah before I meet with nutritionist?). But after you guys all talking about balancing, I decided it would be prudent to add some bacon. I'm guessing that was totally insufficient, heheh.

So adding protein balances out the carbs a bit?

I just had a lunch I totally shouldn't have had - pasta (last hurrah before I meet with nutritionist?). But after you guys all talking about balancing, I decided it would be prudent to add some bacon. I'm guessing that was totally insufficient, heheh.

Got diagnosed at 18 weeks and I am diet controlled. I haven't gained 1 lb in 15 weeks (was overweight to start), just stay the same. It's hard to eat all my calories but other than that it's not too bad and I feel great!! I did tell my hubby no one can visit the baby till mama get some krispy kreme doughnuts!! My dr said I will have about a 20 lb weight loss at the end of my pregnancy!!! Yay a good start on a healthier me!!!

Got diagnosed at 18 weeks and I am diet controlled. I haven't gained 1 lb in 15 weeks (was overweight to start), just stay the same. It's hard to eat all my calories but other than that it's not too bad and I feel great!! I did tell my hubby no one can visit the baby till mama get some krispy kreme doughnuts!! My dr said I will have about a 20 lb weight loss at the end of my pregnancy!!! Yay a good start on a healthier me!!!

The GD "diet" is geared towards each individual per their needs - determined by a nutritionist. It is necessary for pregnant woman who have been diagnosed with GD, who will hopefully not have to worry about it after pregnancy. It is not geared to lose weight and certainly isn't the healthiest diet to be on - it basically limits carbs and sugar but lets you eat all the protein or non carb foods you want. It's to control blood sugar issues , not to lose weight. I think most of us doing it now probably have experienced some weight loss or at least not gaining like other prego woman because we do have to be very conscious of what we are eating and I have certainly starting eating much better things than before. It does Not count calories - so I would not recommend anyone using it for post pregnancy unless you need to because the GD didn't go away or whatnot.

For example.. an apple is a very healthy snack and on almost any weight loss diet it would be perfectly acceptable - however apples are also high in natural sugar, so I personally have to be very careful eating them because it can cause my BS to be too high. Hope this makes sense to those out there looking for a diet that don't have GD...this isn't the way to go. It's not something any of us have chosen lol.. but yes, it has forced us to cut out sweets and soda and crap so feeling better is generally going to naturally happen.

The GD "diet" is geared towards each individual per their needs - determined by a nutritionist. It is necessary for pregnant woman who have been diagnosed with GD, who will hopefully not have to worry about it after pregnancy. It is not geared to lose weight and certainly isn't the healthiest diet to be on - it basically limits carbs and sugar but lets you eat all the protein or non carb foods you want. It's to control blood sugar issues , not to lose weight. I think most of us doing it now probably have experienced some weight loss or at least not gaining like other prego woman because we do have to be very conscious of what we are eating and I have certainly starting eating much better things than before. It does Not count calories - so I would not recommend anyone using it for post pregnancy unless you need to because the GD didn't go away or whatnot.

For example.. an apple is a very healthy snack and on almost any weight loss diet it would be perfectly acceptable - however apples are also high in natural sugar, so I personally have to be very careful eating them because it can cause my BS to be too high. Hope this makes sense to those out there looking for a diet that don't have GD...this isn't the way to go. It's not something any of us have chosen lol.. but yes, it has forced us to cut out sweets and soda and crap so feeling better is generally going to naturally happen.

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